Boat troller



0. H. KAHLER Jan. 15, 1952 BOAT TROLLER Filed April 10, 1950 Fig. 2

OscaI H. Kah/er v INVENTOR.

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Appm'aasmpaiio, 1950, Serial bro/154,93

v 2Claims. (01.434313) f w "This. invention relates to a trolling device for attachment to a fishing boat as'primar'y "object'of which is to permit. the fisherman to troll for fish any desired distance from theboat. U i v Another important object-bf this invention is 5 to'provide a trolling device which willjelimi'nate entanglementofthe trolling lineand thereby iming arcuate side edges 38. A means 'isrprovided for retaining the rudder between the pontoons in such 'a manner thatthe rudder may be adjustably moved'towards o'r away from anyone ofthe pontoons and also" at a 'desired'jfix'ed' angle between the pontoons. "Thi's'imeans' comprises'a relatively' flat bar 40 which extends'across' the prove thechancesofcatching fish. v rods "wand "18 and parallel togthe pontoons. A further important object of this invention is J-shaped hooks 42 are provided,"each slidably to provide a trolling deviceineluding a; rudder embracing each of the rods l6. and .l8, as' shown which may beadjusted to any desired angl so clearly in Figure '2. 'Each of'th'e'fl ho'oks' includes that the device can be held at any desired disa. threaded extension 44 which is positioned tance from the boat. through a. suitable aperture in the bar 40 ad- A further important object of this invention is jacent one of its ends, the threaded extension reto provide a trolling device of the character deceiving a closure or wing nut 46. Thus it will be scribed which is relatively simple in design and seen that when the wing nuts 46 are loosened, the construction, inexpensive to manufacture, simpl bar 40 may be moved towards or away from to assemble for use, easy to operate, and very either one of the pontoons and retained in a deeificient for its intendedpurpose. siredflxed position therebetween by tightening These, together with various ancillary objects the nuts on the threaded extensions against the and features of the invention which will later bebar 40. come apparent as the following description pro- A stub shaft 48 is provided which includes an ceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred emaxial slit 50 through its bottom end for tightly bodiment of which has been illustrated by way of securing and receiving the rudder 36 which is example only in the accompanying drawings, 5 held in a substantially vertical position as shown wherein: in the drawings. The upper end of the stub shaft Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled 48 is provided with a reduced threaded extension device; and 52 which is rotatably received in a suitable aper- Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially ture in the bar 40 intermediate its ends and a on the plane of section line 2-2 of Figure 1. wing closure nut 54 is in turn received on the Specific reference is now made to the drawings. threaded extension 52. Thus it will be seen that In the several views in the accompanying drawwhen the closure nut 54 is loosened, the rudder 36 ings and in the following specification similar refy e rotated to any desired angu a d 1 05 erence characters indicate corresponding elerelative to the pontoons and can be maintained in ments throughout. this desired position by tightening the closure nut The present trolling device is indicated general- 54 against the bar 40. If desired, fastening pins 1y at l0 and includes a pair of air-tight fioatable may be employed to secure the rudder 36 in the pontoons I2 and M of conventional shape and destub shaft 48, the fastening pins extending sign. The pontoons are held together in spaced through the axially split portion of the shaft and relationship to each other by means of a pair of suitable apertures in the rudder. parallel solid rods I 6 and I8 which extend be- In use, the rudder 36 is moved towards or tween and across the pontoons, the ends of the away from either one of the pontoons I 2 and I4 rods being secured to the top surface of the mm by means of the closure nuts 46 and the J-hoops toons by means of screws 26 and closure nuts 22 42 and the angulated position of the rudder may therefor. The pontoon l2 includes a vertical or 5 be set at any desired point by means of the cloupstanding rod 24 about which is hookedas at 26 sure nut 54 and the rotatable stub shaft 48. This a trolling line 28 which extends parallel between setting permits the trolling device In to be pulled the solid rods l6 and I8 and goes back to the fishin the water beside the fishing boat at any deing boat (not shown). The side 30 of the ponsired distance therefrom and the trolling line 28, teen l4 includes hooks 32 adjacent its ends for receiving drag lines 34 which are in turn attached 24, is movable relative to the trolling device. The to the fishing boat.

entire trolling device may be quickly secured to a To maintain the trolling device at any desired fishing boat by m ans f t d a lin s 34.

distance from the fishing boat, a rudder 36 is pro- In view of the foregoing description taken in vided in the form of a substantially fiat plate hav- 66 conjunction with the accompanying drawings it although it is hooked around the vertical rod 3 is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A'trolling device comprising a pair of :pon-. toons, elongated spaced parallel rods extending between and terminally secured to'said 'pontoons to hold them in spaced parallel relation, means for securing one of said pontoons to a fishing boat, a trolling line extending between said rods, means forretaining said trolling line on the other of said pontoons, a rudder, means for retaining said rudder in longitudinally ad'- tical rod. v g

2. A trolling device comprising a pair of pontoons, elongated spaced parallel rods extending between and terminally secured to said pontoons to hold them in spaced parallel relation, means for securing one of said pontoons to a fishing boat, a trolling line extending between said rods, means for retaining said trolling line on the other of said pontoons, a rudder, means for retaining said rudder in longitudinaly adjusted position on said rods between said pontoons, and means foradjustably securing said rudder 0n retaining means at a desired angle between and relative to said pontoons, wherein said -rudder is a vertical flat plate, said third-named means including a bar extending across said rods and securing said rudder and hook means adjacent the ends of said bar for slidably and adjustably retaining the latter on said rods.

OSCAR H. KAHLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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